The Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s eighth annual Dine Downtown Restaurant Week has more than 24 restaurants signed up so far, and the week is still more than a month away.

The popular program has participating restaurants offering a three-course, fixed-price menu for $30 per person. For the restaurants, it is a chance to entice customers into restaurants after the holidays. January is typically a slow month for restaurant, but the lure of deals tends to bring diners out.

The partnership estimates Dine Downtown generates more than $1 million in restaurant sales and parking revenue, said DSP executive director Michael Ault.

“It is a good excuse to get out after the holidays,” said Lisa Martinez, marketing director with the partnership. “It’s been a popular program.”

The week is also an opportunity for guests to stretch beyond their comfort zones, Martinez said.

“I speak with a lot of people who complain they always go to the same places,” she said. “Dining Week is a chance to try new places.”

The Dine Downtown week also is getting longer. The week will start Jan. 9 and run through Jan. 18.

While Dine Downtown is produced by the Downtown Partnership, the program extends far beyond the Central Business District. Restaurants in all parts of the downtown and midtown grid are participating, including restaurants in Old Sacramento.

So far, participating restaurants include venerable Sacramento icons such as Biba Restaurant, The Firehouse, Frank Fat’s, Paragary's Bar & Oven and the Pilothouse Restaurant at the Delta King, along with new restaurants such as the The Porch Restaurant and Bar, Restaurant Thir13en, Blackbird Kitchen & Bar, Tequila Museo Mayahuel and Blue Prynt.